JillandDad,

Fight it with every weapon at your disposal. As far as going elsewhere for treatment, I've been treated by doctors that were trained at the Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh. I had all of my surgeries and treatments, both chemo and radiation done at the Washington Hospital. My treatment plan came from Hillman though. I had choices of where to treat, my company even offered several other options for treatment. I chose to stay home, in the area. To each his own I guess. I just felt comfortable with and more importantly felt a level of trust in the doctors that I had.

Whatever path you choose to go down, Fight as hard and as long as you can.

Good luck,

John


SCC base of tongue. Diagnosed as stage IV, Sept. '04. Partial glossectomy, Radical neck dissection left side, 37 Radiation sessions, Chemo x 7 weeks. Finished treatments January '05. Cancer surivor!